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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 10, 2018Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2018, 2:20 PM EDT for Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 10, 2018, 2:20 PM EDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2018, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashland County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 517 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 10, 1:27 PM EDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 1:27 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 4:00 AM EDT, 10 hours 20 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
400 AM EDT Fri Aug 10 2018

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-111100-
Lake Erie open waters from Ripley to Buffalo NY-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Reno Beach to The Islands OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from The Islands to Vermilion OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Vermilion to Avon Point OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Avon Point to Willowick OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-
Lake Erie open waters from Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Reno Beach to The Islands OH-
Lake Erie open waters from The Islands to Vermilion OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Vermilion to Avon Point OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Avon Point to Willowick OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Willowick to Geneva-on-the-Lake OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-Lucas-Wood-
Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-
Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Wyandot-Crawford-
Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox-
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
400 AM EDT Fri Aug 10 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie, north central
Ohio, northeast Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 2:20 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
220 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2018

OHZ010-019-020-028>031-101900-
Crawford-Huron-Richland-Medina-Lorain-Ashland-Wayne-
220 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2018

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN HURON...
RICHLAND...SOUTHWESTERN MEDINA...ASHLAND...WESTERN WAYNE...
NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD AND SOUTHWESTERN LORAIN COUNTIES...

At 218 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms scattered along
a line extending from near West Salem to near Shelby to near New
Washington. Movement was east at 15 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with these storms.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

LAT...LON 4072 8272 4087 8287 4109 8281 4114 8217
      4099 8169 4081 8195 4067 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 291DEG 12KT 4103 8215 4091 8259 4092 8282

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Wayne	56 min
Aug 10, 3:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Richland	3 hr
Aug 10, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark, Summit	44 min
Aug 10, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Holmes	29 min
Aug 10, 5:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Mahoning, Stark	3 hr
Aug 10, 5:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Mahoning	4 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2018 Every special weather statement in 2018

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.